SHE CUT OFF HER LONG SILKEN HAIR
By Richard Thompson 
From the album 'You? Me? Us?'

Attempt at chords by Magnus Paterson mjp@roe.ac.uk

I'm assuming standard tuning here. RT may capo at fret 2
to shift the whole thing up to E.

Chords used are: (assuming EADGBE)

D - xx0232
D/F# - 2x0232
G - 320033
Bm - x24432
Bm/A - x04432
Em - 022000
A - x02220
F#m - 244222
E - 022100
F# - 244322
F#7 - 244320
Bb - x13331

D
Midnight in her room
                    D/F#        G            D
There was music and incense and mirrors all around.
       Bm                  Bm/A
By the light of the moon
     Em          G              A
Her silver dress slipped to the ground.
        D
And she knelt like Saint Joan
              D/F#     G          D
And invisible armies attended her there
       Bm                    Bm/A
And her knife brightly shone
       Em          A           D      G     D
As she cut off her long silken hair.

F#m           D
Trapped, I suppose
F#m         E
Lied for my sake
Em               F#     F#7
Crushed like the rose
    Bm        Em           G   A
That somebody picked by mistake

Oh, I knew it would come
I knew she would leave me for some better start.
I knew it would come
She was too well-rehearsed in her part
And I measured my life
And my heart fairly broke with the sorrow and care
As she took down the knife
And cut off her long silken hair

Oh there's some who believe
Oh, there's some who believe there are reasons to lie
And there's some who deceive
And the truth is right there in their eyes
Oh but I don't see why
In all of my life I've seen nothing so fair
I don't see why
She cut off her long silken hair

Bb  G            D
I      don't see why
Bb  G            D
I      don't see why.